LEBANON VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,318	1	13,328	- 9,010
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,124	6	1,213	+ 1,911
Stroke	3	2,070	2	1,795	+ 276
Lung Cancers	4	1,757	3	1,498	+ 259
Lung Disease	5	1,701	11	889	+ 812
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,244	12	841	+ 403
Diabetes Mellitus	7	896	9	934	- 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	891	10	931	- 40
Prostate Cancer	9	755	17	442	+ 313
Breast Cancer	10	682	8	987	- 304
Suicide	11	631	29	190	+ 441
Kidney Disease	12	629	5	1,243	- 614
Pancreas Cancer	13	625	24	273	+ 352
Falls	14	624	33	148	+ 477
Lymphomas	15	609	15	646	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	16	467	34	145	+ 322
Skin Cancers	17	465	21	296	+ 168
Leukemia	18	426	18	334	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	19	408	25	226	+ 182
Liver Cancer	20	408	27	217	+ 191
Drug Use	21	357	23	281	+ 77
Other Injuries	22	329	30	168	+ 161
Hypertension	23	327	4	1,426	- 1,099
Inflammatory/Heart	24	315	32	153	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	25	299	44	52	+ 247
Liver Disease	26	285	14	663	- 378
Stomach Cancer	27	258	16	479	- 221
Other Neoplasms	28	251	58	14	+ 237
Road Traffic Accidents	29	249	7	1,127	- 878
Bladder Cancer	30	238	13	704	- 466
Ovary Cancer	31	201	26	224	- 23
Oral Cancer	32	195	31	162	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	33	142	20	298	- 155
Skin Disease	34	119	53	19	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	35	105	38	99	+ 6
Asthma	36	91	19	298	- 207
Alcohol	37	76	54	18	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	76	47	47	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	39	68	35	135	- 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	59	40	81	- 22
Epilepsy	41	57	46	49	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	55	37	114	- 59
Low Birth Weight	43	50	28	190	- 141
Violence	44	49	22	285	- 236
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	46	62	5	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	46	38	55	16	+ 21
Drownings	47	35	43	62	- 26
Hepatitis C	48	35	64	4	+ 31
Anemia	49	32	81	0	+ 32
Birth Trauma	50	28	42	67	- 39
Malnutrition	51	23	60	11	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	52	23	85	0	+ 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	84	0	+ 14
Schizophrenia	54	13	83	0	+ 13
Fires	55	11	39	99	- 88
Tuberculosis	56	11	41	70	- 60
HIV/AIDS	57	10	45	51	- 41
Hepatitis B	58	8	36	123	- 114
Oral conditions	59	8	86	0	+ 8
Meningitis	60	7	49	35	- 28
Poisonings	61	7	48	39	- 32
Appendicitis	62	5	61	11	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	4	50	30	- 26
Upper Respiratory	64	3	67	0	+ 3
War	65	2	51	25	- 24
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	63	5	- 4
Encephalitis	68	1	56	16	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	57	16	- 15
Tetanus	70	0	52	23	- 23
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	79	0	65	2	- 2
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Australia

Lebanon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.